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  1. Comment on What "one-hit wonder" do you think has a discography worth exploring? in ~music

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    It's a gooder for sure! I loved their live show - absolutely amazing.

    It's a gooder for sure! I loved their live show - absolutely amazing.

  2. Comment on Wallet voting in ~life

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    Not a wise public admission, but I feel no ethical qualms not adding something at the bottom of my grocery cart to the till or downloading the discography of an artist who sold their back...

    While it doesn't really hurt BigCorp

    Not a wise public admission, but I feel no ethical qualms not adding something at the bottom of my grocery cart to the till or downloading the discography of an artist who sold their back catalogue to a label long ago.

    Don't you hold some broad puritanical sense of right and wrong over my head, Big corp. I know who you are.

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  3. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    Thanks for the explanation.

    Thanks for the explanation.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    One could see this is as the tragedy of a largely private media system in the US as well. If your big tent pole cultural institutions hinge on ongoing, top-level popularity, what's keeping the...

    One could see this is as the tragedy of a largely private media system in the US as well. If your big tent pole cultural institutions hinge on ongoing, top-level popularity, what's keeping the companies that fund them from moving with the times.

    Sure, you could say that going with the times is the natural thing to do, but without traditions, what's left?

    This is why so many countries have strong, publicly funded media with shows that run for decades and decades, and help to keep the national identity from caving in on itself during periods like this.

    That Colbert and Kimmel have been pulled offstage by a novelty sized hook is a damn shame if you ask me, and I don't even live there.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    But what of this talk of it being 'better'? I guess that's my curiosity -- are movies compressed to 1080 meant to display on 1080p sets more accurately than 4k would? Is there an 'artists'...

    But what of this talk of it being 'better'? I guess that's my curiosity -- are movies compressed to 1080 meant to display on 1080p sets more accurately than 4k would? Is there an 'artists' intention' (or in this case, codec tecnician's) argument to be made here?

    1 vote

  6. Comment on What "one-hit wonder" do you think has a discography worth exploring? in ~music

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    Not sure if Juke Joint Jezebel was a hit, but KMFDM is up there. Great discog. Also, remember the Trainspotting soundtrack? Underworld had that Born Slippy banger in clubs throughout the 90s, but...

    Not sure if Juke Joint Jezebel was a hit, but KMFDM is up there. Great discog.

    Also, remember the Trainspotting soundtrack? Underworld had that Born Slippy banger in clubs throughout the 90s, but to me, it's their back catalog of incredible albums that really seals it.

    ...not to mention that they were a new wave band before going the acid techno route.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on What "one-hit wonder" do you think has a discography worth exploring? in ~music

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    Ran with the goths from what I recall!

    Ran with the goths from what I recall!

  8. Comment on What "one-hit wonder" do you think has a discography worth exploring? in ~music

  9. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    Absolutely. Wishing that any and all Americans having brave conversations keep their digital footprints limited and their personal information off the internet. It's scary stuff.

    Absolutely. Wishing that any and all Americans having brave conversations keep their digital footprints limited and their personal information off the internet. It's scary stuff.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    More enemies, more targets, more distractions so that the Epstein ship doesn't sail. I hate to say it, but look at Israel and Russia. These are countries with two leaders in desperate need of an...

    More enemies, more targets, more distractions so that the Epstein ship doesn't sail.

    I hate to say it, but look at Israel and Russia.

    These are countries with two leaders in desperate need of an offramp, because without one they'll keep doubling down.

    15 votes

  11. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    It really shows the risk involved for those on Trump and this movement's bad side. And it's only September of year one. (Sorry for the reminder)

    It really shows the risk involved for those on Trump and this movement's bad side.

    And it's only September of year one. (Sorry for the reminder)

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games

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    Ah yeah, those Dreamcast titles are high on my list too. Point Blank as well. Hopefully the genre sees a pickup in interest. There's a Panzer Dragoon Zwei remake on the horizon and I'm super...

    Ah yeah, those Dreamcast titles are high on my list too. Point Blank as well.

    Hopefully the genre sees a pickup in interest. There's a Panzer Dragoon Zwei remake on the horizon and I'm super excited about that.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society

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    That would open up some questions about UBI which I'm not sure either party would entertain in the US, but you're right, they both need to try something different.

    That would open up some questions about UBI which I'm not sure either party would entertain in the US, but you're right, they both need to try something different.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society

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    Agreed, and let's not forget how this gets really messy. How difficult your life feels (irrespective of how difficult it actually is) is in the eye of the beholder. Donald Trump's small man...

    Agreed, and let's not forget how this gets really messy.

    How difficult your life feels (irrespective of how difficult it actually is) is in the eye of the beholder. Donald Trump's small man complex is probably the product of a terrible upbringing filled with experiences necessary to produce a monster like him. He also inherited a fortune and failed upwards his entire life.

    Terrible example, but I feel like it gets at the point of how to a large degree, having your basic or even your advance needs met is only a fractional predictor whether you've had an easy mode life or not.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society

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    Broadly, I'm not sure whether statements like these are made from a sociological point of view or a personal one. That's not a dig at you, but a point worth making about how people read and hear...

    Don't get me wrong, it's still easy mode when it comes to work, power, influence...

    Broadly, I'm not sure whether statements like these are made from a sociological point of view or a personal one. That's not a dig at you, but a point worth making about how people read and hear stated facts about their own gender and race group. While the evidence bears out that white men absolutely have a leg up, the discourse over the previous number of years (especially) has conflated the societal with the personal, reducing a person's affluence to their skin colour and gender in ways that ignore relevant identity categories ability and class, and increasingly relevant ones like personal history of trauma, social influences and others.

    I think that you're right here, but at the same time, I'm here to point out the nuance that I feel has contributed to why white men are increasingly radicalized.

    12 votes

  16. Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society

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    "You aren't wrong - there isn't really any specific targeting of young white men." Only part of your comment, but I felt like responding to the point out of context as it inspired me to list a few...

    "You aren't wrong - there isn't really any specific targeting of young white men."

    Only part of your comment, but I felt like responding to the point out of context as it inspired me to list a few more groups going after young white males over the previous 5 years.

    • Disney in their attempts to sell Avengers movie tickets.
    • EA in their attempts to sell Call of Duty games.
    • Oh, and culture writ large for the excesses, abuse and privilege white males have held throughout history.

    What everybody forgot was that there were boys and young men under these monoliths, and by instead of meeting them with the empathy and support that all people need at critical moments in their lives, they vilified them. The message on the internet and in corners of society was that they account for the sins of their fathers and not dare feeling sorry for their over-privileged, failing-upward selves.

    Again, hardly a fulsome response to your point but you inspired me to join the dialogue at this point.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    Ooh, yes. More of this please!

    Ooh, yes. More of this please!

  18. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    ⊞ Win+Tab ↹: to see what's running and most importantly... ⊞ Win+Arrow: to organize the many different things I have running on my three monitor PC.

    ⊞ Win+Tab ↹: to see what's running

    and most importantly...

    ⊞ Win+Arrow: to organize the many different things I have running on my three monitor PC.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    I turn the setting off, too. It's nice when it works, but I'll often just turn the brightness way down or use a handy little Windows application called Pango Bright (https://pangobright.com/) that...

    I turn the setting off, too. It's nice when it works, but I'll often just turn the brightness way down or use a handy little Windows application called Pango Bright (https://pangobright.com/) that dims everything to a certain percentage.

    It's an application for concert lighting booth systems, and is the perfect way to bright a system using Dark Mode themes down to even more bearable levels.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    I've often wondered whether upscaling or downscaling is helpful, too. If I have a 4K file, should I try to watch it on a 1080p tv or vice versa?

    I've often wondered whether upscaling or downscaling is helpful, too. If I have a 4K file, should I try to watch it on a 1080p tv or vice versa?